Matt Adcock’s film review: Seven Psychopaths
Q: How many psychopaths does it take to make a superb, clever, laugh-out-loud action comedy dog-nap-em-up?A: Seven – yeah, the answer was in the title of the movie…Here we have the righteous follow-up...
View ArticleDesk-ercise plan to combat council staff sickness
Council staff could soon be exercising at their desks.Luton Borough Council is going to look at bringing in ‘low level health and wellbeing exercise at desk or in a stationary position’, to help cut...
View ArticleAlan Dee: Blessed are the Tweeters
You may have heard that Twitter was in a spot of trouble, what with all that unpleasantness about Lord McAlpine. You hadn’t heard? Sorry, can’t tell you what it was all about, don’t want to get into...
View ArticleThe gift of life for a sick child
Six Barnfield Federation students who pooled their pocket money to help a desperately sick Ugandan child are in the finals of the Bedfordshire Fire & Rescue Young People of the Year awards.Their...
View ArticleTake a walk and win a book prize
The Woodland Trust is calling on everyone to get active this Christmas by visiting their local wood, then adding a comment to the charity’s website to inspire others to follow in their footsteps.There...
View ArticleNine reindeer weight loss
Toddington Weight Watchers were celebrating after losing a massive 1,700 lbs during 2012.Putting their poundage in a Christmas context, spokeswoman Viki Bell said: “That’s the equivalent of nine male...
View ArticleMPs divided on the gay marriage issue
Should we respect this country’s Christian heritage and accept that marriage is a union between a man and a woman – or endorse proposed legislation to allow same sex couples to wed in church?South West...
View ArticlePolice release a Christmas single with the X factor
It’s the time that every burglar has a ball, or so say Bedfordshire Police in their recently-released Christmas single.A cover of Slade’s much-loved 1973 yuletide anthem ‘Merry Christmas Everybody’,...
View ArticleCash snatch by armed man
A man armed with a knife snatched cash from a till at Homebase in Luton on Tuesday (December 11).The incident happened at the Enterprise Way store at 7.40pm, and employees chased the man from the store...
View ArticleTwo year supervison order for disgraced ex MP Moran
Disgraced Labour MP Margaret Moran is so mentally ill she cannot leave home without being restrained, a court heard today. Moran, 57, fiddled £53,000 in the worst case of dishonesty in the MP’s...
View ArticleBelgian jailed for ‘honour attack’ on Luton man
A Belgian man who travelled to Luton to carry out an ‘honour attack’ on a man having a relationship with a female member of his family has been jailed for eight years.Suleman Babar, 28, from Rixensart,...
View ArticleGang threaten woman with knife in phone robbery
A woman had her smartphone stolen as she walked through a Luton park.Police have just released details of the robbery, which happened in Moor Park at around 7.30pm on Saturday, December 1.Four men...
View ArticleDozens arrested for drug dealing
Police have arrested 25 people in the past three weeks in a crackdown on organised crime groups dealing drugs in Luton.The last of the arrests happened on Wednesday (December 12) when three men were...
View ArticleTeen robbed in underpass
A 14-year-old student was injured during a robbery in the Latimer Road and Park viaduct in Luton on Wednesday (December 12).The victim was in the underpass at about 7.45pm when he was pushed from...
View ArticleMan robbed for his phone
A 27 year-old man had his mobile phone and jacket stolen on Sunday December 9. The victim was approached by a man on Biscot Road at around 5pm, while a group of Asian men stood nearby. The suspect is...
View ArticleBe sure to check festive train times
First Capital Connect is urging customers to check train times for changes and improvements on the Thameslink route over the Christmas period.For the third year running, it will also be offering free...
View ArticleChick’s cannes trip cancelled
Council officers’ annual trip to the South of France to drum up external business and contactswill not take place next year, as the council focuses on ‘inward investment’ for the town.For the past...
View Article‘People want to live in Luton’
The number of people in Luton who were born abroad has risen by 57 per cent in the past 10 years, according to the 2011 census, released this week.Figures published by the Office for National...
View ArticleHungry mouths to be fed by foodbank
A food bank has been set up in Luton to try to mitigate the impact of planned welfare cuts on the town’s most needy people.The Luton Foodbank is an independent community benefit society with charitable...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey
“My dear Frodo, you asked me once if I had told you everything there was to know about my adventures. Well, I can honestly say I’ve told you the truth, I may not have told you all of it...’The Hobbit:...
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